Articles tagged with "mexes"
Pick the Centre-Halves for the first Offside Readers CL XI
By Rob | May 9th, 2008Yesterday, we gave you the chance to vote for who you think has been the best Goalkeeper in this season's Champions League. That poll is still open HERE. Now you have to chance to pick the best Centre-Halves of the tounament so far, by clicking HERE. ...
Tuesday Milan Musings, the Dark Horses of the Transfer Market
By Gianfranco | April 22nd, 2008Happy Bday to Milan's own Kaka enjoy his birthday video... On a lighter note there is another birthday to celebrate here at the Milan Offside blog. Today marks the one year anniversary of my time here. I tell you just a year ago we were talkin ...
Everybody's talking...
By salvatore | March 19th, 2008It seems a lot of Riomanistas are obsessed with coming here, which is really strange. I can't think of even one reason to read about Rioma, except if I wanted to induce some sort vomiting. In any case, I suspect there's going to be a lot of people com
Big Preview for a Big Wednesday
By Rob | March 5th, 2008So four more teams have bitten the dust. And three more will join them. Arsenal, Fener, Man United and Barca made it through (Adam will bring you a review in the near future) and Milan, Sevilla, Lyon and Celtic, we hope to see you all next year. Except we
Monday New Roundup As We Ride the Zampa Crazy Train
By Martha | November 26th, 2007•Manuela Prandelli, the wife of Fiorentina manager Cesare Prandelli, died this morning after a long illness. I'm trying to resist the old chestnut about it putting everything in perspective but it's sort of undeniable -- it's awfully hard to care about
Lorient, the last stepping stone...
By Magnusson | November 3rd, 2007Saturday night's game against Lorient is the last one before next week's fateful trip to Lisbon. Marseille needs a good dynamic before stepping into the Dragon Stadium on tuesday night. If we get a good enough result in Portugal, we'll be sure to make it
Dear Fratelli Bianconeri, This Comes From The Heart
By roberto | September 22nd, 2007When Sunday afternoon rolls around and you've finished your pre-game rituals like shampooing your Nedved action figure's hair for a few hours, take a few minutes to offer some silent prayer to your plastic idol because there are a few things I would now l
I Love Roma, You Love Roma, DDR Loves Roma, Everybody Loves Roma
By chris | September 11th, 2007Daniele De Rossi: Giallorosso For Life First things first. The Future Captain has given his big thumbs up to the management for keeping their promise and improving the squad immensely since last season. Which is nice; but he also maintains that he is r
Season Preview: Defense & Keepers
By chris | August 24th, 2007The Back Five: Roma's biggest question mark for the next few weeks, if not the season, will be the back four - or back three if Luciano Spalletti decides to switch things up a bit. There are a few new faces in defense, and one missing old boy. The bigg
Super Super Coppa Preview
By chris | August 19th, 2007The Big Game: Finally, a kinda-sorta meaningful game. Roma v South American All-Stars is today, if you hadn't noticed. While neither team really considers the trophy meaningful, they do consider the game somewhat meaningful due to the opponents. The
Game Time, For Some (Alright, A Few)
By chris | August 18th, 2007Super Coppa: The first pseudo-quasi-semi-official game of the season is tomorrow, and the first kinda-sorta-maybe real trophy will be handed out to someone. Probably whoever scores more goals. If you've been in a coma, swimming with the turtles off the
Domenech Refuses to Leave Well Enough Alone
By Martha | August 16th, 2007When Raymond Domenech revealed the names of the 35 players he was inviting into camp with the French national team this morning, one of the primary reactions from those in Italy was probably relief: Despite the fact that both had the audacity to criticize
Il Buono, Il Cattivo, Il Brutto
By chris | August 12th, 2007Dr. Jekyll & Mr & Hyde: It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. The Roma that showed up in the first half hour looked like world beaters. Everybody was playing their part. Juventus wasn't getting set up deep in Roma's end. The pass
GHD Final The Battle of Rome III: Totti v Mexes
By chris | August 9th, 2007Francesco bent Philou over in the second leg and to take a 1-0 lead. Now Philippe will have to muster up all his strength to force a deciding sudden death playoff after the first leg tied (god I hope not). The final moves on.... Philippe Mexes CB AS Ro
GHD Final The Battle of Rome II: Totti v Mexes
By chris | August 6th, 2007Guess what, the first leg tied 120 votes apiece. Last night it looked like Philou was a winner at 51% but Totti was able to pull even with a couple votes swaying the election. I knew this would be close, but this is quite the competition. Therefore, there
GHD Final The Battle of Rome I: Totti v Mexes
By chris | August 2nd, 2007I will preface this by saying I did not expect this to happen. Honestly. Swear to Buddha. Though I will admit who would make the final hadn't entered my mind, my intentions were nowhere near forcing an all Romanista final. Not that I'm complaining or anyt
GHD Final 4: Philippe Mexes v Gennaro Gattuso
By chris | July 30th, 20072. Philippe Mexes CB AS Roma v 2. Gennaro Gattuso CM Milan Mexes: I've tried to make the Final Four more of a greatest hits from the earlier rounds of the debate, because some people were exhausting all their fantastic photos. Mexes is nowhere
Andreolli, Modesto & Buckets of Freshly Printed Banknotes
By chris | July 26th, 2007(Just thought I'd keep things mature) * - This deal isn't official, but I think it's fair to say Chivu is on the out very very soon. The details are obviously subject to change, but I've had enough of this whole mess. Prade and Cristina Mazzoleni just
GHD QF: Philippe Mexes v Edgar Davids
By chris | July 24th, 20071. Philippe Mexes CB AS Roma v 5. Edgar Davids CM Ajax Mexes: There really isn't much more to say at this point, he's just the embodiment of hair awesomeness. Apparently he and Chivu decided to go to the local mall to get so
The Monday Happenings
By chris | July 16th, 2007Update: Within the next few hours an accord will be reached that will send Ludovic Giuly to Roma for around €3m. It had begun to sound like Spalletti and Totti really wanted him, I suspect this is their work. I will now be waving the Giallrossi flag for
Totti Says: "Pollice Verso"
By chris | July 1st, 2007Pollice Verso: So that Totti character is giving a diplomatic but none-too-subtle thumbs down to Roma's current transfer situation. When asked about the acquisitions of Juan, Ahmed Barusso and Mauro Esposito (I have no clue if it's a done deal or not -
There's Nothing Going On Today But We've Got Group Hugs
By Chris | June 28th, 2007Peace, Love & Happiness: Do you ever have one of those days that, when you’re 65 years old and reflecting on your life, will just stand out to you? When you’ve done something so utterly astonishing to yourself, even if not on purpose, that you
The Great Hair Debate: Philippe Mexes v Rodrigo Palacio
By Chris | June 25th, 20071. Philippe Mexes CB AS Roma v 16. Rodrigo Palacio FW Boca Juniors Mexes: What can you say? His hair is the stuff legends are made of. The phantasmagorical highlights, ponytails, braids...whatever he does, it makes girls jealous and men hate h
Ederson & The Weekend Update
By Chris | June 16th, 2007Let's start this off with the big pseudo-rumor of yesterday, the French-born rumor that Roma had come in at the last minute to poach Brazilian phenom Ederson from the waiting arms of Lazio. Now, for a lot of people this sounds unlikely - including myself.
Spalletti & Afternoon Delight
By Chris | June 8th, 2007Luciano Spalletti (yeah, that's him) had a long interview on the tele today and il Romanista printed the dialogue. It wasn't exactly a sexy interview detailing the proposed summer transfers or rumors or how he thought Chivu is a selfish mercenary who is o
Mexes Gives In; Will Stay At Roma
By Martha | June 8th, 2007According to the Italian press, Philippe Mexes (AKA The Prettiest Man in Football) has gotten over his irritation at Roma's £1.7 million (non-Totti) salary cap, and is going to sign a four-year contract extension later today. Though the fact that I can't
A Potpourri of Useless Flapdoodle
By Chris | June 8th, 2007The news today in la citta eterna is nonexistent, and there is nary a new rumor to talk about. Though there is the great news that Philippe Mexes has finally put pen to paper on a new contract after returning from wherever he was and made things official.
Taking Care Of This Christian Chivu Thing Right Now
By Chris | June 2nd, 2007There are reports that Christian Chivu is close to being sold to Inter for Walter Samuel, David Pizarro and roughly 5m euros. Here are the facts: - Chivu is currently in negotiations to extend his contract but wants assurances the Sensi family is going t
A Potpourri of Useless Flapdoodle
By Chris | June 1st, 2007Welcome to the new Friday column: A Potpourri of Useless Flapdoodle Comprised of Roman tidbits, swell TGIF videos, random nuggets, stuff to keep you from doing work and all around bosh and, well, flapdoodle. Boring day yesterday on the Roman t
Summer Speculation: Departures
By Chris | May 28th, 2007The Serie A season is now over and Roma can consider it a success. Next year they will take part in the Champions League group stage and defend their Coppa Italia championship, as well as undoubtedly compete for their fourth Scudetto. A few new faces are
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